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Stokes lost all his toes and part of each foot to frostbite. Lane lost his toes too as well as the thumb and top halves of his fingers on his right hand. Despite losing all his toes to frostbite, Stokes returned to tackle Everest a further three times, while Lane continued mountaineering in the Canadian Rockies in 1978-9 and Mount Kenya in 1983 ...
John McAleese – first man on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 caught on live news. Team member for the BBC Television series SAS Survival Secrets; Peter McAleese – former mercenary and author; Andy McNab DCM MM – author; Des Peter Middleton, A Squadron,1st SAS; Danny Nightingale; Peter Oldfield – cricketer
Tommy Turtle (left) with Geminis. Thomas James Turtle BEM (24 December 1950 – 29 December 2020), known as Touché or Tommy Turtle, was a British Army soldier originally from Ireland who took part in many special forces campaigns, including the Falklands War and the Bosnian War.
Willis Michael Sadler MC MM (22 February 1920 – 4 January 2024) was a British Army officer. He was the last original member of the Special Air Service and one of the last survivors of the Long Range Desert Group (survived by Jack Mann who also served in the LRDG).
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Hugh "Chuck" Hind (died 28 January 1977) was a former SAS soldier who allegedly assassinated the Chairman of ZANU, Herbert Chitepo. [1] Hind served with the British SAS during the 1960s. He was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct for rescuing a young child from the River Wye in Hereford.
A spokesperson for the 7th Special Forces Group said Lazzaro died at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on Sunday, Dec. 22 ... Special Forces Soldier and Former CMU Quarterback, Dies at 27 in Hunting ...
Before his retirement Wiseman was also involved in selection courses where he helped decide who was able to join the SAS. When he retired in 1985 the commanding officer of the 22nd SAS said that "Lofty is a legend in this regiment." [1] After leaving the SAS in 1985, his first book was The SAS Survival Handbook (published in 1986). Wiseman has ...